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Trying (intentionally and repeatedly) to start a childish argument over clear predictions, speculation, me asking questions and me saying "I don't think", interesting. I'll just ignore you I can tell engaging with you will lead to problems. So good day.

I've been absent for a while. Things got really busy at work and that combined with E3 meant I didnt have a whole lot of time to browse GAF. I dont like going into sales threads half cocked and want to make sure Im all caught up before I post. Took me a while but its good to be back!

Ignorance (and im not trying to be mean by saying this, i think some insider isers on this board have warped perspective) by you and others about how certain companies work is why half the insiders are gone. There's a reason I'm vague and only post trends I see. I don't even have direct access to data, I have to gain it a different way, and can only do it occasionally, I have explained this in the thread twice O think, I'd probably lose my job/get in trouble by going through the veri process, people get this but a lot of people don't. If you doubt me then doubt me.

Heck there are times I can only get access to less than the 500 we track. It's not simple, I believe some insiders here, especially the latest I was told about, have skewed how some of these businesses actually work, heck I'm surprised she was able to even post numbers, she worked with da more lax company than most that have such info, and I believe that has confused some users in this board. This is why I've only posted and said "it can go either way" for this month. I've said nothing else in this thread about anything else related to that tracking. Not even impressions of what's selling at even one store. So its not like I'm using it for numbers or anything else.

I don't work in gaming retail, I have not stated numbers or ranking for any retailer not publically available, and I have not claimed to be an insider, and have not provided any info. The mods know this as well. I've said nothing but "it can go either way", even moved the topic to amazon because the trends were similar so I've done nothing to "disrupt" the sales thread since I've made no claims
if you don't believe me don't, I've barely said anything as is, most posts in this thread have been predictions or using public info. So I'm not going around saying y sold x, or etc.

Again I think AM has skewed how son of these companies work. But considering I've posted no "insider" info in actually surprised people are even saying I'm claiming insider knowledge when its more complicated than that and far from the truth. Heck I'm still surprised how long AM lasted googling her posts. Her company was lax, that usually doesn't happen. I mean, I don even have direct access I have to go as if I'm looking for phone data and reports and use that to get gaming info, not even close to simple. Heck, if I knew some people took things so seriously I would not have even mentioned it. I just wanted to share some small impressions but just pretend I never talked about it.

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Trying (intentionally and repeatedly) to start a childish argument over clear predictions, speculation, me asking questions and me saying "I don't think", interesting. I'll just ignore you I can tell engaging with you will lead to problems. So good day.

First of all in case you aren't aware what with you being brand new to this thread and sales gaf as a whole, I regularly participate in these threads and genuinely contribute to the discussion of sales trends unlike yourself.

Second, not a single on of those quotes is even a prediction? LMAO Every single one of them is a speculative statement for which you have 0 supporting evidence. You are just making ridiculous statements and prefacing them with "i think" as if that gives you license to ceaselessly speculate without explanation or recourse. What little explanation you give for your conclusion is contrary to common knowledge or common sense. These threads arent for people to come in and spout their feelings about things they are about discussing sales and speculating on future trends based on current information. Yet rather than learn form criticism and support your contrarian speculation with facts or insight you opt instead to ignore the people calling you out on it.

Finally, claiming insider knowledge is no joke and you cannot get away with that. Either contact a mod and get vetted or be gone with you. We don't mess around with fake sources here. Put up or shut up.

Ignoring me does not make this all magically disappear. But by all means keep doing what you're doing. Hopefully that means we won't have to put up with you much longer.

I know about the holiday shopping season making consumers more inclined to purchase games. The Summer usually being dry on games wouldn't help it? Or is it like the chicken-egg conundrum: gamers buy less games in the summer because less games are being released because less gamers buy games in the summer months?

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Then again guys Witcher 3 blew up the sales charts something fierce. Surely the brand power/recognition of Batman will push it past that. Guess it depends whether or not the Witcher 3 sated the wanderlust of the gaming masses.

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Then again guys Witcher 3 blew up the sales charts something fierce. Surely the brand power/recognition of Batman will push it past that. Guess it depends whether or not the Witcher 3 sated the wanderlust of the gaming masses.

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Then again guys Witcher 3 blew up the sales charts something fierce. Surely the brand power/recognition of Batman will push it past that. Guess it depends whether or not the Witcher 3 sated the wanderlust of the gaming masses.

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Then again guys Witcher 3 blew up the sales charts something fierce. Surely the brand power/recognition of Batman will push it past that. Guess it depends whether or not the Witcher 3 sated the wanderlust of the gaming masses.

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At Sony's investor meeting today computer entertainment division's operate sales increased but so did the spending (weak yen increased BOM of PS4?) so operating profit did decrease. I'm sure new PS4 would help to reduce BOM but now I am a bit skeptical of price drop anytime soon..

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At Sony's investor meeting today computer entertainment division's operate income increased but so did the spending (weak yen increased BOM of PS4?) so operating profit did decrease. I'm sure new PS4 would help to reduce BOM but now I am a bit skeptical of price drop anytime soon..

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At Sony's investor meeting today computer entertainment division's operate income increased but so did the spending (weak yen increased BOM of PS4?) so operating profit did decrease. I'm sure new PS4 would help to reduce BOM but now I am a bit skeptical of price drop anytime soon..

Would the spending include R&D? No doubt the weak yen is taking its toll thugh. I feel the effects of that firsthand every month. Could it also be due to the initial costs of beginning production on the new model? I would be absolutely floored if PS4 did not see a price drop this year. Historically speaking, it would be long overdue by the end of the year.

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Would the spending include R&D? No doubt the weak yen is taking its toll thugh. I feel the effects of that firsthand every month. Could it also be due to the initial costs of beginning production on the new model? I would be absolutely floored if PS4 did not see a price drop this year. Historically speaking, it would be long overdue by the end of the year.

I saw the link you posted. My Japanese is a bit weak but I'm slowly working through it. If i weret o guess I would think the migration is less about the profits of PS3 (which I had always heard were relatively low hardware wise thanks to the cell) and more about the development and network migration. They've said before they are investing very heavily in network infrastructure right now so it wouldn't surprise me if this was part of the aforementioned costs. As Zhuge said, thanks for the link. Sorry I missed your post at first amidst the insanity of the last page.

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I saw the link you posted. My Japanese is a bit weak but I'm slowly working through it. If i weret o guess I would think the migration is less about the profits of PS3 (which I had always heard were relatively low hardware wise thanks to the cell) and more about the development and network migration. They've said before they are investing very heavily in network infrastructure right now so it wouldn't surprise me if this was part of the aforementioned costs. As Zhuge said, thanks for the link. Sorry I missed your post at first amidst the insanity of the last page.

Oh that's really possible I think. Less profit by migration from PS3 to PS4 should be caused by not only by profit decrease from PS3's hardware (because of decrease PS3 sales) but also by lots of additional R & D related for PS4. R & D for PS3 should be pretty much done so any sales regarding PS3 turns into pure profit, while it won't be the case for PS4 for for a while.

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Sprinting for the 'safety' of full membership just like his alter ego Herma(i)n Cain. Next month, look out for new juniors with hastily knocked-up usernames - and Doctor Professional's predictions turning out to be correct.

In Forza 6's case, it was actually using percentage change in preorder numbers over that window in E3 announcements (the numbers they use for that Movers and Shakers chart), so it's even less useful still.

Sprinting for the 'safety' of full membership just like his alter ego Herma(i)n Cain. Next month, look out for new juniors with hastily knocked-up usernames - and Doctor Professional's predictions turning out to be correct.

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Sprinting for the 'safety' of full membership just like his alter ego Herma(i)n Cain. Next month, look out for new juniors with hastily knocked-up usernames - and Doctor Professional's predictions turning out to be correct.

This guy is a joker. He got banned earlier, was given a second chance but threw it away by writing such crap on this forum.

He even admitted to me after his ban that he has alternative accounts to get back on GAF. Can't believe I even gave this guy the time of day tbh. What doesn't he understand about a permanant ban!? It means you're banned and shouldn't use an alt account.

No doubt we'll continue to see crap posts from a new junior really soon....